New Gear at the Tour of California

Mavic R-SYS Ultimate Wheels

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Mavic’s aluminum R-SYS SLR is the company’s lightest wheelset, but for a couple of years select riders on Mavic-sponsored teams have had access to something even lighter: the R-SYS Ultimate. Every part of the wheel is carbon, including the tubular rim and all spokes (on production R-SYS the drive-side rear wheel spokes are Zicral alloy). Garmin-Cervelo appears to have two sets of the wheels available, which will likely go on Dave Zabriskie’s and Ryder Hesjedal’s bikes for the two key mountaintop finishes on Sierra Road and Mount Baldy. Don’t look for these in stores anytime soon; they’ve been limited edition team-only gear since their introduction.